The Buddha in the Attic
by Julie Otsuka
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalwarslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, emotional novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
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- Author
- Julie Otsuka
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 129
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- Open Library
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